Corporate experiences with outsourcing are similar to most people's experiences with marriage. There's a period of courtship where relationship is explored, and both parties seek to impress the other with their wit, charm, and wealth of knowledge. When the courtship progresses sufficiently, the parties look to the future, and a proposal is made and accepted.
A date is set, and the couple chooses the font for the press releases. Some of the marriages are put forward as marriages of desire (even though the guests notice that the company's expenses were starting to show a little even before the announcement). Some of the marriages are put forward as convenience. Some are simply arranged by speculative parents.
The outsourcing firm receives the traditional gift of jobs wrapped in brightly colored paper. The company receives the traditional gift of a brief cost reduction and a stock uptick. The contracts are spoken, the glass is shattered, and the honeymoon is spent dreaming of everything that the new couple will accomplish together.
For a lucky few (the ones who went into the relationship with their eyes wide open, their processes well documented, their expectations realistic, and their desire to succeed together strong), the honeymoon never ends.
For others, however, there are the classic fights over how the money is spent, why one of the parties is always coming in late, and whether or not the parties are paying enough attention to each other. The company's feeling are tested then the outsourcing firm says it plans to keep seeing other companies. The outsourcing firm is dejected because the company didn't remember their anniversary.
Divorce is imminent, but not always immediate. Some couples stay together for the sake of the stockholders or venture capital parents. Others stay because they can't imagine anyone else ever treating them the same way after all the mistakes they've made. Many look for a counselor.
Eventually, the dream lies shattered beside the glass.
outsourCEO™ Tomorrow.
If you're one of the unfortunate partners whose hopes were dashed by a bad outsourcing experience, or if you're a single company or outsourcing firm looking to build a solid relationship, outsourCEO™ is here to help.
Our strategy is simple...
Outsourcing a large quantity of lower paid employees is fraught with risk. The knowledge gap is unknown, the local reaction is untested, and the returns are only temporary--eventually you spend the money you anticipated saving shoring up the cracks that only appeared when your relationship hit the deepest part of the water. But outsourcing a smaller amount of astronomically compensated employees is far more economical, and carries far less risk. Why? Because the highest paid employees at your organization are usually specialized to the nth degree. So specialized, in fact, that their roles are simple and easy to document. Take CEO, for example:
Fly to customer site and lie--"I'm sure we can do all that, and more in our next release!"
Enjoin sales staff to get out there and sell. Move quotas and find ways to welsh on commissions if they actually do.
Toss last minute requirements into projects that underlings who were not allowed to waste your valuable time gathering requirements have undertaken, and were just about to complete on time.
Count heads. Reduce the count (those jerks who missed the deadline on the project you made better by adding requirements is a good place to start). Repeat.
Blame the government or the union for any policies that restrict your ability to lower the head count.
Make half hearted speech to remaining head count that they matter (to somebody, you're pretty sure).
Testify at SEC hearings that you have no knowledge of what goes on within your company.
Do you really need to pay someone a million plus dollars for that? Of course not. At outsourCEO™, qualified CEO's from around the world are ready to perform these functions for you at a fraction of what you're currently paying your CEO.
Of course, there's still the possiblity of a knowledge gap. Your CEO may have also added value to your organization by dismantling your pension fund, breaking your union, or demanding some sort of font size on a report. But spending a small portion of the millions you're saving to bridge this temporary knowledge chasm is still an extremely profitable operation.
But don't take our word for it. Read some of our outsourCEO™ success stories. Check the frequently asked questions to learn more about the outsourCEO™ way. And then, contact us!
